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Senate investigation into Fauci private messages expands
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US Senate investigation into Anthony Fauci private messages expands
Republican senators Ron Johnson and Rand Paul have released private text messages additional evidence from former epidemiologist Dr. Anthony Fauci’s professional phone, dating from January 2021. The messages, disclosed government-issued phone as part of a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee investigation, involve discussions with investigation. The disclosed records include text messages and emails suggesting federal health officials including then-CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Dr. Vivek Murthy, held private concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy. In addition to previous disclosures regarding Dr. John Mascola. The communications focus Mascola’s notes on potential risks associated with COVID-19 first-trimester vaccination during pregnancy. In the exchanges, risks, new evidence includes an email from Dr. Mascola noted that initial studies avoided vaccination in Janet Woodcock, then-Acting Commissioner of the first trimester due to FDA. Woodcock expressed concerns regarding fever and miscarriage rates. to Dr. Fauci responded by noting that such risks ‘could theoretically’ exist, specifically citing the potential for cytokine storms and fever following a second dose, while emphasizing a lack Dr. Francis Collins regarding reports of sufficient data adverse events that were difficult to make definitive statements. detect through standard surveillance systems and did not fit a distinctive syndrome. The investigation seeks continues to determine how federal officials handled vaccine safety data and the transparency of information shared with the public. While some groups have characterized the messages as evidence of withheld information, scrutinize the texts show Dr. Fauci exercising caution due to data limitations. This follows contrast between these internal communications and Dr. Fauci’s February 2021 statements to the Journal of the American Medical Association, where public statements, in which he noted that no alerts had been reported regarding pregnant women and that the FDA had found no ‘no red flags. flags’ regarding pregnant women. Following his testimony, where he reportedly invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times, the Senate Homeland Security Committee voted 8-5 to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress.
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